Service difficulty report · Connector · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
December 3, 2013
Submitted
December 6, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N31702
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UB3
Aircraft time
35,371 hours, 50,779 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Corroded
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING APPROACH INTO EKO PILOT SELECTED LG HANDLE DOWN, LG POSITION INDICATOR GREEN LIGHT NR 3 DID NOT ILLUMINATE. AFTER PILOT BRIEFLY TRIED TO TROUBLESHOOT PROBLEM DECIDED TO MANUALLY EXTEND LG, ONCE GEAR WAS EXTENDED PILOT VERIFIED ALL 3 GREEN LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING MX TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED CONNECTOR FOR LG SERVICE VLV PINS CORRODED. MX REPAIRED CONNECTOR BY CLEANING DISCREPANT PINS, & PERFORMING ALL REQUIRED OPERATIONAL CHECKS, SYS CHECKED NORMAL.

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